Creative Tips & Resources for Busy Teachers
This post contains affiliate links. Which mean that if you purchase the item I list from Amazon, I receive a small amount of money from them at no cost to you. This money is used to help keep this website running. Thank you! Want to teach your students to DIY recycled pots while planting for
Every year I plant something for Mothers on Mother’s Day, but I always forget to do it soon enough. So I usually end up sending home little shoots of something unrecognizable as a flower… or sometimes even worse, little buckets of dirt with a label promising that someday they might be something. One year over
I know I’ve seen posts on this topic up somewhere, but I wanted to add in my 2 cents on the subject. First of all, I LOVE thematic teaching.It makes planning so much easier, when you have a bit of inspiration for which lessons you may choose to do. Β Also themes can be fun, and
My favorite end of year writing assignment was inspired by my daughter’s amazing second grade teacher. It prompts students to write heartfelt notes to you and to each other.Β Every year I need to grab a box of tissues for while I read mine, and I bet you will need a box too. Grab your
We are currently working on identifying the authors purpose and central message of a story. It is a concept we find very hard but one of my cutie patooties wrote as her goal for the rest of the school year that she would “Learn more about what P.I.E. means and how to do it.” (see
